Verandah

A veranda or verandah (from Hindi varanda, IPA: [vɐˈɾɐ̃dɐ]) is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.

Although the form "verandah" is correct and very common, some authorities prefer the version without an h (the Concise Oxford English Dictionary gives the h version as a variant and The Guardian Style Guide says "veranda not verandah").

The veranda has featured quite prominently in Australian vernacular architecture and first became widespread in colonial buildings during the 1850s. The Victorian Filigree architecture style is used by residential (particularly terraced houses in Australia and New Zealand) and commercial buildings (particularly hotels) across Australia and features decorative screens of wrought iron, cast iron "lace" or wood fretwork. The Queenslander is a style of residential construction in Queensland, Australia, which is adapted to subtropical climates and characterized by its large verandas.

The bandeirista style house from Brazil typically has a veranda positioned to face the sunrise.

In Poland, the word "weranda" is commonly used for the unheated roofed and fully enclosed porch (with a door) that is used to store things and perishable goods that do not need to be refrigerated (from home-made quark cheese to podpiwek, a home-made liquor) and leads to the heated part of the house. It is also usually called "przedpokoj", which means, word for word, "before the room".

The Creole townhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana, is also noted for its prominent use of verandas. In fact, most houses constructed in the Southern United States before the advent of air conditioning were built with a covered front porch or veranda.

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